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HANGER FOR SLIDING DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I918.

Patented May 27, 1919.

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HANGER FOR SLIDING IDOQRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2?, 19133).

Application filed September 7, 1918. Serial No. 253,049.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN H. STEWART, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of New York, Jamaica, borou h of Queens,'in the county of Queens and tate of New- York, have invented asive construction, reliable and efic'ient in' use, and so designed as to permit a movable door section to be supported on a fixed door section without the use of overhead supports.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a novel form of crossing and pivotally connected links which are connected with the door sections in such manner as to be concealed between them in the open and closed position of the movable door section, the connections between the links and door sections being such that the movable door'section can be easily detached from the supporting door section.

.With such and other objects in view, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims ap pended hereto v In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment oi the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the,

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Figural is a front view of a door with the movable door section in closed position, part operating means losing in sec tion; 1

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken in-the plane the hanger when the sliding door is in closed position;

Tr" I is l o. 3 horizontal section on. the line perspective view of the sliding of the upper Fig. 5 is a front view of one of the attaching plates; and

Fig. 6 is, a detail sectional line 77, Fig. ,1.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a door orframe andB and B aredoor sections, the first being laterally slidable and the second being fixed if desired. lhe stationary door section forms a support on which the movable door section is slidably mounted by means of a hanger which conview on the stitutes the subject matter of the presentinvention. The hanger C is constructed as shown in Fig. l and it comprises a pair of fiat bars 1 and 2' which are movably connected at the center bya pivot 3, and these bars are so connected with the door sections that when the door is closed the bars will lie parallel with each other in side by side relation, and when thesliding door section is in open position-the bars will other in the form, of the letter X; The bar 2 has its lower end pivotally fastened by a screw 4: or other securing means to the inner face of the sliding door at the inner lower corner there being" preferably a plate 5 on cross each said door, said plate having a sochett resolving the screw l; and the upper end of the hanger bar 2 is provided with a headed pivot stud 6 which engages in the slot "l' of an attaching plate 8 setinto the inner face or the fixed door section at the upper inner corner. The lower end of the bar l. is provided with a headed pivot stud it that engages in a slot ll in an attaching plate 12 fastened to the inner face ofthe fixed door section at the lower inner corner thereof. The upper end oi the bar 1 has a headed pivot stud M- which slides in a slot 15 in an attaching plate it secured to the inner face inner corner of the sliding door section. -The slots of die attaching p lptes a and it? have enlarged upper ends ..o that the headed pivot studs can be easily engagedwith or disengaged from the door sections, The lower end of each hangerbar is formed an oiiset lug l8 spaced apart the of the bar so as to provide a recess l d which companion bar seats when the door sections are in closed position, in Fig. i, and it is to tiese giving said slots a hey-hole form soand 2 can lie parallel one over the other in transverse alinement. 1

To insure .against sagging the attaching plate 12 is formed with a shelf or ledge 31, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to engage the bottom edge of the sliding door section and support the latter.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scopeofthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a sliding door, a supporting element, and a hanger for supporting the door on the said element, the hanger comprising a pair of bars pivotally connected at their centers and each bar having one end pivotally connected with the sliding door and the other end pivotally connected with the supporting element, each bar having one end formed with a returned member spaced from said bar to present a recess into which the other bar seats when the sliding door is in closed position, whereby the bars will lie parallel to each other and in transverse alinement.

2. The-combination of a sliding door, a

supporting element adjacent thereto, a hanger for supporting the door on said element, said hanger comprising a pair of bars pivotally connected together at their centers, each bar having one end formed with an ofiset and turned-back lug to form a recess between the lug and bar, a pivot stud extending outwardly from the lug to con- JOHN H. STEWART. 

